Decorative street-post.



E. H. Gom.

DECORATIVE STREET POST. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1916.

1,262,776. l Patented Apr. 1'6', 1918.

Ilya/NTM? y WED STAM PSMENTQFFICE nDwARn n. sont, or AUBURNQN'EW YORK'.

DECORATIVE STREET-POST.

To all wlw/1L it may Concern: y l

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. GOHL, a 'citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Auburn, in the county rof' Cayuga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Decorative Street-Posts, of which` the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in flag-holders forl street lamp-posts or poles, and involves lsom-e of the featuresof my Iatent No. 1,223,487, issued April 24,

ments may be reused for receiving thesame A, or other decorative flags without furtherl labor or expense than the mere insertion of the Hag staffs therein, thus providing decorative schemes through the various streets which are not only pleasing from an artistic point of view, but also avoids the unsightly appearance and large expense of promiscuous decorations upon buildings and wires or ropes across the street, and reduces the danger to pedestrians from falling decorations, resulting from improper securement.

Other objects relating to specific parts of the device will be'brought out in the following description.

In the drawings- Figure l is a top plan of my improved Hag-holder as operatively mounted on a post which is shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same Hagholder and a portion of the street post.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3 8, Fig. 2.

As illustrative of one use of my invention, I have shown a portion of a cast metal post -1- and a plurality of flag-receiving sections or wings -2- clustered systematically around and upon the periphery of specificati@A or Letters ratent. `latentml Apr, 16, V1913 k Appneatien med November 27, 1916. serial Ne. 133,661. i

theV main body'uofthe post,andihaving'staff! i receiving'sockets at an angle thereto so 'as to incline outwardly and lupwardly in different. radialv planes vuniform ,distances apart,

said sections being also provided with sub1 stantially horizontal sockets or apertures -afor receivingy flag-staffs -'5- and -5-, respectively, as shown more clearly in Fig. l, and rby dottedflines in Fig. 2.v

The socketsI 3 extend upwardly and outwardly from the mainbody` of the post to the upper ends of thewings -2- and at substantially the same angle to the axis of said post so as to allow the lower ends of the stais to be wedged tightly between the outer walls of the wingsand main body ofthe post, while the upper portions of the flag staffs .carrying theflags will be'caused to'ystand out some distance Vfrom the posty to allow said flags to wave or float freely without becoming entangled with each other or with the post.

bearings for the flag staff arranged 'in spaced relation one vabove the 'other and consisting of lower and upper bearings -6-" and I+7- forniin'g theion'ter walls of the socket,iand

an intermediate bearing f8-f registering with the space between rthe bearings-6- and --7- and forming the inner wall of the socket, the distance from the bearing 8- directly across the socket to a direct line drawn between the bearings -6-4 and -7 being slightly less than the diameter of the flag stad so as to cause the portion of the staff' which engages the bearing -8- to bow outwardly slightly in the intervening space between the bearings -6- and -7- for the purpose of frictionally holding the Hag staffs in operative position with greater security, thereby avoiding the necessity of using any other fastening means and permitting the flag staffs to be readily inserted into or removed from the sockets at Will.

The sockets or apertures -4 extend transversely through the wings -2- between the lengthwise sockets -3- and main body of the post, one and the same end of each of the sockets -4- being slightly higher thanthe opposite end, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2, to cause the flag staffs which they are adapted to receive to lie in a slightly inclined plane from a horizontal position suflicient to allow the intermediate portion of each staff to overlie the low end of the next adjacent staff in the :manner shown in Fig. l, thus giving the Hag-supporting ends at a slight tilt upwardly away from the post.

The sections 2 are connected to each other by hinge bolts or pivots -9- to form a sectional band or collar encircling the post and closely iitted thereto so as to be self-retaining byrfriction therewith, it being understood that these posts are usually tapered upwardly and that the sections of the band may be readily assembled upon a relatively small portion of the post and then slipped downwardly until wedged tightly thereon ready for use.

These wings J2- are preferably cast in the same mold and are, therefore, of the same size and form and are readily interchangeable, each wing'being provided with laterally projecting arms lO-- having apertured lugs -lland -llat their ends for receiving the pivotal bolts -9--v which are removable to allow the use of any number of the wings according to the size ot' the post.

`It is, therefore, evident that instead of using four of these wings, as shown in the drawings, for a certain size post, one of them may be removed and the ends of adjacent wings reconnected by one of thepivotal bolts -9- for use on a smaller post, or if the wings are to be used with a larger post, any one of the pivotal pins -9- may be withdrawn and one lor more additional sections inserted, thus providing a wide range of adjustment of the device for different sizes of posts, an indication of which is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, in which one of the sections is Aremoved and the adjacent sections reconnected for a postV of smaller size.

v The operation of my invention will now be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, but it is evident that the design of the wings may be materially changed without departing from the spirit of my invention and, therefore, I do not wish to limit myself to the construction shown and described.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a street post, a plurality of wings clustered about the periphery of the post and provided with upwardly and outwardly inclined sockets for receiving a corresponding number of flag staffs, said wings being provided with openings extending transversely of the sockets for receiving additional Hag stads.

In combination with a street post, a collar therefor composed of similar sections arranged edge to edgecircumferentially and provided with sockets for receiving flag staffs, and devices for clamping the adjacent edges of the sections together.

In witness whereof I have hereunto sety my hand this 21st day of November, 1916. l EDWARD H, GOIIL. Witnesses:

H. E. CHAsE, ALICE M. CANNON.

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